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  • Meet the Forest resident behind a new Giles Spartans football book

Also on today's calendar: Cowboy Christmas — Reba Farm Inn and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 46 and low of 27 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Clouds and sun; not as cool, temps: high: 56, low: 31.
  • Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 50 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CASEY: Reader knocks The Roanoke Times' metro columnist and his $500,000 salary (newsadvance.com) — A new sports history book, “The Bandana Express: The True Story of the 1980 Giles Spartans,” was written by Forest resident and retired teacher-coach Jeremy Haymore. The broader column focuses on Roanoke-area media, books, and local culture, but this title stands out as a homegrown project that may interest Forest readers who follow regional high school football history.
   

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  • A propane truck fire on Route 29 in Campbell County resulted in multiple detours and four people hospitalized in a two-vehicle crash.
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  • ‘Your heart is in the right place, unfortunately this is all junk': Long Island woman shares Angel Tree gifts. Then people spot the off-brand Crayola (themarysue.com)

Madison Heights

  • Jimmy Fortune headlines Christmas in Amherst fundraiser (newsadvance.com)

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